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0 commentsHeaviest weather: Nearly 15 inches of snow cover the area February 5-6, so full of water that a snow-shovel full weighed 25 to 30 pounds, according to UVA climatologist Jerry Stenger.
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1 commentsWorst disaster: The 7.0 earthquake that devastates Haiti has far-reaching impact and affects many in Central Virginia. UVA grad student Stephanie Jean-Charles is killed in her home in Port-au-Prince...

0 commentsBiggest changing of the guard at UVA: Teresa Sullivan, 60, becomes the eighth president and first woman to head Virginia's flagship university. She succeeds John Casteen, who steps down August 1....

0 commentsMost refreshing remark from a public official: "I agree that it's a stupid lawsuit," says City Councilor David Brown at the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority meeting December 17 about the authority's $20...

0 commentsWorst start to the new year: Colby W. Eppard, 18, of Stanardsville is fatally gunned down on Route 20 south January 1 after he allegedly absconds with a Greene County deputy's car, is pursued through...

0 commentsBest sign real estate development is still in the tank: Hunter Craig, the man behind Biscuit Run, which was going to be 3,100-home subdivision in the designated Growth Area south of town, now wants...

3 commentsBiggest changing of the guard: Former head football coach Al Groh had barely left the building when UVA athletic director Craig Littlepage announces Groh's successor December 7– University of...

0 commentsMost flush: Charlottesville ends fiscal year 2009 with a $1.7 million surplus, which its staff recommends putting into capital improvement projects, and department expenditures were down more...

0 commentsBiggest blaze: Thirty-five to 40-foot flames shoot out of a Still Meadow subdivision home around 11pm October 30 and melt the vinyl siding on nearby homes, according to the Progress. Firefighters...

0 commentsSkeeviest allegations: Steven Bruce Joplin, 59, former education director at Christ United Methodist Church in Staunton, is indicted by a grand jury on seven counts of sexual battery October 19 for...

0 commentsBest news for petty lawbreakers: Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford tells the Board of Supervisors that a $32,000 cut from the state may mean her office won't be able to prosecute...

0 commentsMost horrific attack: A toddler is fatally mauled by her family's pit bull when she wanders out to where the dog is chained September 27 in eastern Orange County, according to NBC29.
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0 commentsBiggest court case: The Supreme Court of Virginia rules September 16 that the Charlottesville School Board can determine whether a registered sex offender can come on school property. The ruling...

2 commentsBiggest book ban story: Bryan McKenzie's tale of the Virginia Department of Corrections shutting down the 20-year-old Books Behind Bars program run by Quest Bookshop's Kay Allison is picked up by the...

1 commentsWorst test for a "no-kill" shelter: The SPCA is ordered to euthanize a gray fox allegedly terrorizing UVA September 2 so it can be tested for rabies.
Worst blow to literacy: Virginia's Department of...

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Wildest fox: Two people are bitten August 26 in the Lambeth Field area of UVA, and police fear the creature could be rabid.
Even odder fox behavior: It allegedly steals a sweater, according to...

0 commentsMost/least historic preservation in Orange: More than 700 acres at Montpelier, home of fourth President and writer of the Constitution James Madison, are placed in a conservation easement August 24....

0 commentsBest loosening of city purse strings: City Council okays $2.1 million from its economic development fund August 17 to jump start a road that even greenies love, Hillsdale Drive Extended, Rachana...

7 commentsWorst day for vehicles slamming into buildings: July 31, when a auto driver smashes into Millmont Grille, NBC29 reports, and a tractor trailer jettisons off I-81 and crashes into an empty dorm at...

0 commentsBiggest arrest of a City Council candidate's spouse: The husband of candidate Kristen Szakos, Joe Szakos, head of the Virginia Organizing Project, is arrested for trespassing at Anthem health care in...

0 commentsLatest disappearance of a 40-something male: Lake Monticello man Stuart Mowbray Knapp, 42, hasn't been seen since he set off on his bike July 8. That follows the July 1 disappearance of Glenmore...

0 commentsMost mysterious disappearance: Glenmore Country Club president Michael Comer, 45, has not been seen since July 1. His car, keys, and cellphone are found at his Wintergreen vacation home, and police...